Peters is one of a number of skateboarders attending the Sydney edition of the global Oakley In Residence event.

It is a celebration of the creativity behind skating, and includes a retrospective glimpse of the sport through the years.

Some of the biggest international names in skating are attending, including Sean Malto, Curren Caples, and world-renowned sports photographer Atiba Jefferson.

"The more skaters there are, the better off the world is," Jefferson said.

He is hopeful about Sydney's future as a skateboarding city.

"Los Angeles is clearly the home and birth of skateboarding and Sydney is a very similar city [in terms of] climate, temperature, so on and so forth, but also... being able to go out your door and skate as many spots as here as you would in LA."

Caples, a 19-year-old pro skateboarder from Ventura, California, also has faith that Sydney will continue to foster talent.

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